Ev, Colville Split Tuneup For Playoffs

East Valley and Colville split a doubleheader Saturday to earn a Tuesday rematch in the District 7-AA baseball tournament.

Bill Tincup had two runs batted in and scored three times as EV rallied from an 8-0 first-game loss to beat visiting Colville 15-12 in a Frontier League season-ender.

Colville finished 10-8 in league, four games behind champion Cheney and one back of second-place West Valley. EV tied Pullman and Clarkston for fourth, at 9-9, but advances to district because it won two of three league games from both.

EV and Colville open district at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at West Valley. The winner meets WV later in the afternoon; the loser meets the second-game loser Saturday.

Jason Spears struck out nine and Jared Bateman had two RBIs in Colville’s win.

Colville 8-12, East Valley 0-15

Colville 050 003 0 - 8 12 1

East Valley 000 000 0 - 0 5 5

J.Spears and Noble; Allen, Burnett (6) and Stengle. W-J.Spears (8-4). L-Allen (1-3).

HITS: Colville-Bateman 2, Salina 3, Fox 2, Bradeen 2, McGlothern, Day, Moe. East Valley-Tincup, Lamarche, Lanphere, Shogren, Allen. 2B-Bateman 2, Fox, Tincup, Lanphere.

Colville 130 030 5 - 12 8 4

East Valley 752 100 x - 15 15 3

Meinhold, Ju.Spears (1), Clouser (2), Moe (4) and Noble, Vaagen (5); Lamarche and Reise (7), Burnett (7) and Morgan. W-Lamarche (6-5). L-Meinhold (0-2).

HITS: Colville-Bateman, Salina, Noble 2, Bradeen 2, McGlothern, Moe. East Valley-Ruiz 2, Ford 2, Tincup 3, Lamarche 2, Furgason, Shogren 2, Horgan 2, Shaffer. 2B-Noble, Bradeen, Moe, Ruiz, Horgan. 3B-Tincup.

Pullman 9-7, Clarkston 6-5

Mike Hobbs hit a grand slam and a two-run homer in the first game, and the Greyhounds swept the visiting Bantams to knock them out of the playoffs.

Opening-game winner Jack McDonald fanned nine. In the second game, Andy O’Fallon had a two-run single and Aron Cummings a two-run double in a five-run sixth.

Clarkston 000 040 2 - 6 6 4

Pullman 001 125 x - 9 6 1

Burns and Lammerding; McDonald and Hobbs. W-McDonald (3-6). L-Burns (4-1).

HITS: Clarkston-Ju.Roemsburg 2, Burns, McCall 2, Larsen. Pullman-Linehan, O’Fallon, Druffel, Hobbs 2, Meyer. 2B-Lammerding. 3B-O’Fallon. HR-Hobbs 2 (2).

Clarkston 002 111 0 - 5 5 5

Pullman 201 004 x - 7 8 3

Braden and Lammerding; Burns, Chamberlain (3) and Hobbs. W-Chamberlain (5-1). L-Braden (1-5).

HITS: Clarkston-Neilson, Burns, Larsen, Krause, Cridlebaugh. Pullman-Linehan, O’Fallon 2, Druffel, Hobbs, Cummings 2, Smith. 2B-Burns, Cridlebaugh, Druffel, Hobbs, Cummings 2.

Cheney 11-8, Riverside 1-0

Bryan Miller was 5 for 6 with three RBIs to lead the Blackhawks (14-4) to a sweep of the visiting Rams (1-17).

Colin Fiddes had a two-run double and Matt Caston struck out four in the opener. Scott Randall tripled with the bases loaded and Tucker Urdahl struck out six in four innings in the second game. Cheney is off until May 20, which will be a regional seeding game.

Riverside 000 100 - 1 7 1

Cheney 333 11x - 11 12 0

Patton, Gabel (4), Patton (5) and Vangrimbergen; Caston and Barthelmes. W-Caston (4-1). L-Patton (0-2).

HITS: Riverside-Lee 2, Morris, Schurtz, Morrow, Vangrimbergen, Taylor. Cheney-Stiffler 2, Urdahl 2, Miller 3, Fiddes, Webber, Collins, Barthelmes 2. 2B-Lee, Stiffler, Urdahl, Fiddes. 3B-Miller.

Riverside 000 000 0 - 0 2 5

Cheney 620 000 x - 8 7 1

Beckham and Vangrimbergen; Urdahl, Miller (5), Conrath (7) and Randall. W-Urdahl (7-2). L-Beckham (0-7).

HITS: Riverside-Lee, Summers. Cheney-Urdahl, Miller 2, Fiddes 2, Webber 1, Randall. 2B-Miller. 3B-Randall.

Softball

Colville 4-7, Cheney 2-1

Tarrah Brown struck out 20 and walked just three in pitching the visiting Indians (13-2) over the Blackhawks (4-11) in the doubleheader.

Ginger Ewing had four hits for Cheney, which fell one-half game behind Clarkston for fourth place, the final district spot.

Colville 012 001 0 - 4 8 0

Cheney 000 001 1 - 2 4 2

T.Brown and Lawson; Bliss and Beeman. W-T.Brown (8-2). L-Bliss (3-8).

HITS: Colville-Lawson, T.Brown, Shaw 2, Cox 2, Entwistle, Tripp. Cheney-Ewing 2, Grant, Smith.

Colville 210 001 3 - 7 8 1

Cheney 100 000 0 - 1 2 3

T.Brown and Lawson; Bliss and Rotchford. W-T.Brown (9-2). L-Bliss (3-9).

HITS: Colville-Tripp 2, Lawson, T.Brown, Entwistle 2, Simpson, True. Cheney-Ewing 2. 2B-Tripp.

Pullman 12-3, Riverside 7-2

Jessica Clark’s two-out double in the seventh of the second game gave the visiting Greyhounds (3-12) a sweep of the Rams (1-14) at Chattaroy.

Amy Hobbs had four RBIs, Kim Ledgerwood and Jessica Thompson scored three apiece, and Christa Brossman homered in the opener for Pullman.

Pullman 013 350 0 - 12 11 8

Riverside 000 043 0 - 7 6 4

Parish and Esvelt; McMurphy and Darby. W-Parish (2-10). L-McMurphy (1-7).

HITS: Pullman-Ledgerwood, Clark, Hobbs 2, Brossman 2, Esvelt, Keck 2, Dreffel 2. Riverside-Russell, Darby, Mueller, McMurphy, Mashura, Blake. 3B-Russell. HR-Brossman (1).

Pullman 000 110 1 - 3 9 4

Riverside 010 001 0 - 2 7 3

Parish and Hobbs; McMurphy and Darby. W-Parish (3-10). L-McMurphy (1-8).

HITS: Pullman-Thompson 2, Clark, Hobbs, Brossman 2, Esvelt, Keck, Tyler. Riverside-Harter, Darby 3, McMurphy 2, Corling. 2B-Clark, Hobbs, Brossman. 3B-Brossman.

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